In the series ... "I REMEMBER THE ROCKAWAYS"... Stevie S. Stevens writes about
"Legends of the Rockaways"

 
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Numbering 44 rentals, the Auer Tent Colony continued to expand on the north side of the boardwalk at Beach 97th Street by the year 1909. The coaster in the background is the Thompson Park "switch-back" ride. Photo credit: The Auer Collection.

Marked "Season of 1909 Camps 44" this actual photograph shows part of the Auer Tent Colony north of the boardwalk in the vicinity of (what is now) Beach 96th Street. Photo credit: The Auer Collection.

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